Senior Accountant
Location: West Coast, USA (Remote position but candidate must be physically located on the West Coast/PST, USA)ABOUT GRIDGAIN:We live in a world that increasingly expects instant gratification. To remain competitive, enterprises must process and analyze extraordinary amounts of information in milliseconds.GridGain's Unified Real-Time Data platform enables a simplified and optimized data architecture for enterprises that require extreme speed, massive scale, and high availability from their data ecosystem.
It seamlessly combines streaming data in-motion and historical data at-rest with compute functionality to help companies handle complex analytical, streaming, and transactional data workloads at ultra-low latencies.GridGain is trusted by companies like Citi, Barclays, American Airlines, AutoZone, and UPS to manage mission-critical data operations across their businesses.GridGain is growing! Join the team and play a critical role in a fast-paced Silicon Valley startup that's changing the definition of "real time," and the world's expectations for high-speed data processing, computation, and analytics.GridGain is currently looking for a Senior Accountant to perform a wide variety of financial and accounting-related tasks.
The candidate should be self-motivated and possess excellent communication and organizational skills. This role requires strong analytical abilities and a foundational knowledge of accounting principles. The Senior Accountant will report to the Accounting Manager and must be a team player with a positive attitude and a desire to help the team be successful. Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Perform month-end close activities, reconcile GL accounts, maintain accounting schedules, and review financial information to verify completeness and accuracy
- Process AP via Bill.com, process check runs, review and post corporate credit card transactions through Ramp
- Review and post global payroll journal entries, review employee expense reports, and enforce Corporate Expense Reimbursement policy
- Perform GL functions, process cash transactions, perform bank reconciliations, and support the Accounting Manager with daily accounting activities
- Liaise with 3rd party accounting firms regarding intercompany activities for 2+ subsidiaries. The responsibilities include but are not limited to the review of monthly intercompany transactions, balance sheet & P&L reconciliations, consolidation, and elimination entries
- Assist in the preparation of consolidated financial statements, investigate and correct errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports
- Maintain the Co-wide fixed asset and lease schedules
- Active participation in the annual audits by the external auditors and the yearly bank due diligence
- Prepare documentation to support the accounting firms in the preparation of federal, state, and local tax filings
- Improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions
- Maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions
- Work with other departments by researching and interpreting accounting policies and applying observations and recommendations to operational issues
- Perform other related accounting duties as assigned
- Assist in various ad-hoc projects as needed
Skills & Requirements:
- BS degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5+ years of experience in financial and accounting work
- Advanced MS Office skills.Superior knowledge of Excel is a MUST!
- Accounting Software (Intacct), and various SaaS packages a is a plus
- Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, standards, laws, and regulations
- Experience with intercompany transactions, consolidation, and elimination of subsidiaries
- Experience with financial statement preparation and monthly close process
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactive and highly responsive
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize work, and multi-task across many assignments
Perks
- Competitive salary
- Competitive benefits packages
- Stock options
- Flexibility to work from home
- Cell phone & gym membership reimbursements
